Good News for the Environment

Sustainable stories of progress for the planet

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Soccer, Forests, & Airbag Jeans - Good News This Week: March 4th 2023

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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Fighting Climate Doom with Garbage Queen, Alaina Wood

Alaina Wood — better known on TikTok as the Garbage Queen — helps us fight climate anxiety by celebrating real, science-backed climate good news.
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8 Ideas & Activities To Celebrate World Wildlife Day

World Wildlife Day is an annual international celebration of wildlife that takes place on March 3. We've put together a couple of ideas to help you meaningfully celebrate it.
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Cars, Trees, & Clean Energy - Good News This Week: February 25th 2023

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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To Reduce Trash, Some States Charge the Companies Producing It

Municipalities and waste managers around the country are raising the alarm about limited landfill capacity, and some see Extended Producer Responsibility policies as a piece of the puzzle.
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These Programs & Companies Are Working To Save National Parks

We have reviewed the companies and nonprofits that have announced financial or in-kind support of the NPS or the National Park Foundation and have compiled a list of 25 programs and organizations working to save our national parks.
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Community Land Trusts Are Building Disaster-resilient Neighborhoods

A growing number of community land trusts are readying their housing stock for the next climate-related disaster.
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Your Carbon Footprint: Focus On What You Eat, Not Where It's From

Whether meat products are farmed and processed locally or shipped from the other side of the world generally matters very little for total emissions because the products are such high greenhouse gas emitters to start.
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Chosen Families, Books, & Food - Good News This Week: February 18th 2023

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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Surfing, EVs, & Free Books - Good News This Week: February 11th 2023

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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A Rare, Endangered, Nickel-sized Butterfly Returned To Oregon

The revival of Fender’s blue illustrates the collaborative nature of survival.
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A Building Material That Consumes CO2 Has Finally Come To the US

A false association with drugs that banned ‘hempcrete’ from the US residential building code has been lifted, paving the way for widespread use.
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